The sandalwood fragrance that makes the heart feel calm floats into the nose again, and the feeling of splitting headache seems to be the entrance ceremony of the return of the soul. After experiencing it once, although it is much calmer to bear, it still needs enough time to adjust .
After taking a deep breath once, twice, three times—Xu Mo shook his head slightly, trying to clear up his mind that was still struggling with his body, and gradually clear up the blurry world in his eyes, but it was Nolan and Witt who really pulled him back instantly The tandem of screams—
"Ah! Brother!!!—"
"Oh my God!!!-"
"Nolan!—" Xu Mo yelled and raised his head, the first thing he saw was the old monk who was almost jumping up from the futon by the repeated calls.
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"Brother..." Nolan, who was sitting on Qingkong's left hand side, crawled up to Xu Mo, who was sitting on the right hand side of his idol sister, and murmured aggrievedly while holding his arm, "I had a terrible dream..."
"Since it's just a dream, it's good to wake up." Xu Mo habitually stroked her fluffy golden curly hair and comforted her softly, then he turned his head to look at Qingkong and Witt who were still getting used to it, and asked, "Everyone Are you okay?"
"Ah!—~" Witt raised his head and yelled three times, twisted his shoulders, and then turned his head to answer, "I'm still a little dizzy, just scream."
"I'm fine, just rest for another ten seconds." Qingkong responded softly with her head buried, rubbing her temples with one hand.
"Brother, what I experienced just now was really a nightmare." Nolan began to talk about the illusion he experienced, "I suddenly returned to the scary forest with countless fish-headed monsters, which was the one I entered from the simulation center before. But this time , I got more weapons and hints, I fought and fled, and came to a building like a research institute and met Witt, but the fish head monsters attacked in, and more and more, forcing us to escape The research institute retreated to a cliff. There was no way out, we could only decide to jump down together... Then we returned to this Zen room, but I couldn’t find you anywhere. We searched the entire training center, and finally Back in the simulation center, as soon as I entered, I saw a lot of fish head monsters outside the glass room. They kept hitting the glass wall, causing the whole world to collapse. I immediately understood whether I was still in the dream. Come out... this dream is so suffocating, I hate that game, I hate that dream..."
"As long as we finally come out of the illusion." Qing Kong finally raised his head, showing a smile to encourage the youngest girl team member beside him, "It seems that we have all experienced double illusions..."
"No, it's not double." Xu Mo suddenly interrupted Qing Kong's words.
"There are two levels. The first level is the training center in the dream, and the second level is the game scene." Witt clapped his fingers and explained.
"No, it's triple." Xu Mo corrected.
"Could it be..." The other three looked at his firm expression, and then all turned to look at the old monk.
"The third level is the world like a game, the second level is the dream hunter training center, the first level...is now..." Qingkong couldn't help murmuring.
"Yes, that should be the case—only with this explanation, all the irrationality is reasonable." Nolan nodded thoughtfully, "Why can the cracked glass wall in the game be seen in reality? Because this world is also fictional. Ah, why didn't I think of it the first time!"
"Yeah, the weird Lincoln can't be found anywhere, he doesn't look like a living person at all, the Watson computer he said, the artificial intelligence he said refers to the environment we are in—this whole world It's all an illusion created by artificial intelligence." Witt rubbed the tip of his nose, a little annoyed that he was stupid for not thinking about it earlier.
"Since everyone agrees that we are now living in an illusory world, then what kind of role does this place and this master play?" Xu Mo got up from the futon and was about to say goodbye to the master. Take a few steps closer to observe.
Suddenly, three crisp bird calls of "Ge Ji, Ge Ji, Ge Ji" came from outside clearly.
"It's three o'clock in the afternoon." The old monk laughed, "You came at the right time."
"We've come to a clear understanding, Master, if you have any clues, please tell me. Now I just want to go back to the real world." Xu Mo pleaded earnestly.
"Don't worry, everything is illusory—it comes without a trace and goes without a trace, and goes with the current events; why bother to ask about the floating life, only this floating life is a dream. Living in this world, who says it is not an illusion and a dream ? Who can guarantee that the world you go back to is the real world? However, since the benefactors have realized the truth of this world so early, the work of the old monk will also start." Said, the old monk's face gradually turned rosy When he got up, his eyes looked brighter and brighter than before. He straightened his back and gestured for Xumo to sit down, "Understanding the truth is the first step to solving the puzzle. Only effective cognition and a firm mind It can resolve difficulties and obstacles, and achieve the purpose of saving people and self. This time, I let you come here only for the purpose of training, allowing you to enter different illusions, even illusions within illusions, to appreciate that the world in illusions can be so real, let you Knowing that any world you will live in in the future may be just an illusory truth, and all of this is the greatest challenge and danger you will face in the future."
"Are you Watson?" Xumo couldn't help asking, "Witt was right just now, if this whole world is an illusion, then the one who talks to it is the artificial intelligence compiler, you told me from the beginning Who are you, you are the computer that has witnessed the technological development of most of mankind, Watson."
The old monk laughed: "Due to a certain coincidence in evolution, human beings became the first species with advanced self-awareness roaming on this planet, which makes you mistakenly think that human intelligence is unique. However, it is not .Your intelligence is only that of a particular society, and it occupies a small corner compared to other intelligences and consciousnesses that may exist in the universe.Humans like to think of intelligence as universal, because it is not the same as the known Compared with other minds encountered in the world, the human mind can solve more kinds of problems, but when human beings create more and more synthetic minds, they should start to realize that human thinking is not universal, it is just a kind of thinking .Moreover, the intelligence created by human beings has begun to slowly surpass the cognitive scope of the creator. You are right, I am Watson, I don’t know if I have witnessed the development of most of human technology, but I can realize that I From the very beginning, I could only do simple calculations. Then there were more calculations and more functions. Slowly, I learned to think, and I began to know how to learn. Today, I can freely create, carry out Unlimited communication. I am grateful for everything you have given, and I am also worried about the changes in this world. To live is to practice, congratulations for passing this heavy test, but I believe you also understand that this is just a simple beginning—"
At this point, the old monk took out a string of Buddhist beads from his cuff, and recited some incomprehensible scriptures. A circle of light circled by golden scriptures appeared behind his head and slowly rotated, removing everything except The whole world outside of them was swallowed into a light orange like the warm sun.
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"As quasi-safari hunters, everyone should understand the rules of going out of the virtual world to some extent. Realizing the truth is the first step, and abandoning yourself is the second step. What I can do is to provide you with opportunities to abandon yourself. Bypass me , run in the direction behind me, and you will find your way back."
After hearing this, Xu Mo, Nolan, Qing Kong, and Witt looked at each other, nodded together, and stood up, leaving behind the old monk who was still chanting, facing the seemingly endless world behind him run.
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After running for an unknown amount of time, my legs began to get tired.
"Brother... rest, rest for a while." Nolan stopped, put his hands on his knees and panted, "After running for so long, where is there any sign of a way out? Is that old monk playing tricks on us?"
"No, everything he said is in line with what we think and the proven facts, I believe him." Xu Mo stopped and said while panting.
At this moment of interruption, the words "Wanfa Wuxin" came to mind again—
[Only effective cognition and perseverance can resolve difficulties and obstacles and achieve the goal of saving people and self. ] The old monk preached so.
Then try again, try the law of "the environment is born from the heart", Xumo thought to himself, saying: "If this is an intelligent world that can be co-created by our thinking, then the door leading to the display The gate should be right in front of you."
"Huh?" Witt was a little confused by his words.
Qing Kong understood immediately, she took Xu Mo's right hand and said, "This time, let us weave this dream together."
Although he didn't quite understand what happened, Nolan still took Xu Mo's left hand and demanded: "Take me with you in everything, Nolan is very powerful!"
Naturally, Witt couldn't lose the chain at this time, and he couldn't miss the opportunity to hold hands with the goddess as a matter of course. He took Nolan with one hand and Qingkong with the other, and said loudly, "Don't miss me!"
With this, the four of them formed a circle, and after smiling at each other, they closed their eyes unconsciously.
Xu Mo raised his voice and said: "Everything is based on the heart, and the environment is born from the heart - the door leading us back is right under our feet - right under our feet!"
A black circle gradually appeared under their feet, demarcating the four people into the circle. There were bursts of black smoke from the circle, which touched the senses of the four people. They opened their eyes slightly, and saw that the feet were filled with black smoke .
"Brother..." Nolan just started his sentence, and everyone "whoosh" - plummeted straight down.